iRiver Reveals Story HD E-Reader With XGA Display And Wi-FI

HotHardware: "A lot has changed in a year. At this point in 2010, some of the most anticipated products were e-readers coming from a variety of companies. But then the iPad happened. And consumers began to see that tablets could also be used as readers, albeit with worse battery life and with screens that aren't as viewable in the daylight. This year, there are far fewer e-readers on the docket for release, but iRiver is moving on anyway. The company's 6' Story HD e-reader is a new version of the Story, and the company is hanging their hat on a number of new advancements. ... "

iRiver Cover Story Demo Shot at IFA-Berlin

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Inbound from South Korea - LG and iRiver Partner on an eReader for the American Market

The American version of the iRiver "Story" will supposedly be on sale in about a year. The current Story - distributed in Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, China and Russia - is a fairly robust device with a price just under $300. The dedicated eReader can handle all essential eBook formats, runs Linux (despite some blog posts and press reports to the contrary), and features a 6 inch E-ink screen. It will be interesting to see what design changes happen, since iRiver and LG must realize they'll have to up the specs (and lower the price) considerably in order to even have a chance against Kindle, Nook etc. The ghost of iRex is watching. Read more in the Wall Street Journal's "Digits" blog. Note that the Journal gets the Story's operating system wrong, claiming it runs Windows. It doesn't.